Notices by SearingTruth (searingtruth@infosec.exchange), page 2

"We suddenly discovered we had already surrendered."
SearingTruth

My fellow Americans, our ideology has not been directly challenged from within since the Civil War.

But please make no mistake, it is again.

And the argument is once again between those who desire more humanity and those who desire less of it.

However Trump and his Republican Party have added an ominous hoped for end.

Autocracy.

And the elimination of everything we ever were.
ST

"Our times are indeed dire, and foretold, and unfortunately there is little we can do to forestall the immediate crisis that confronts us.

However, we find ourselves at this moment in history for very simple reasons.

As I have said before, I am not religious. And yet I have found justice, compassion, and wisdom in the thoughts and writings of many historical religious, philosophical, and political figures.

And one of the saddest realities we face today is that so many of these wise men and women have already delivered most all the answers we seek.

Peace. Justice. Humility. Compassion. The willingness to stand for good when all others stand against it.

These are not new answers my friends, but among the oldest recorded. And when we abandon our most precious treasures of wisdom, we will suffer their warning.

But hope can never be lost. And there are times when suffering gives way to new understanding, and new opportunities to right the wrongs of the past, and boldly forge a more just and prosperous future for all.

I cannot help but hope that this is one of those times.

May the light of compassion always bless our great nation."
SearingTruth

"The truth is that the Constitution fails to defend itself, enduring only in the brave hearts of those who would uphold it."
SearingTruth, A Future of the Brave, 2005

@Nonilex

"We have become the evil we fought."
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@bmacDonald94

"If we are lost a great ideal will perish with us."
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@WarnerCrocker

Our children suffer all we proclaim just fellow citizen Warner Crocker.

But there is a better way, and many have presented alternative paths to change the course of humanity.

We need only choose one, and pursue it unto the beginning of a new and compassionate world, for all of us.
ST

"A Grand Challenge

My friends, the simple truth is that we are wasting our precious time, resources, intellect, and passion. As a species we are just as aimless today as when our primitive ancestors first ventured out upon this earth.

Today I am proposing that for the first time in human history, we change that.
Radically.

More than any time in history, humanity needs a grand challenge. Not only to avert its extinction, but also to indelibly etch the common bond of mutual reliance and cooperation on current and future generations.

Fortunately, all of the forces that now seem to conspire against us can quickly be turned to our advantage.

For the first time in human history we actually possess technologies so advanced that any physical problem can potentially be solved.

And yet, I wonder, do we possess the will and wisdom to utilize them for our salvation instead of our destruction?

I propose that we find out.

So today I offer you a radical and stark choice between two future realities.

An aimless future of continued war and conflict, with all its accompanying suffering and death; or a limitless future dedicated to defeating suffering and death itself, with all its accompanying technological advancement and social evolution.

Yes indeed, I have a new plan, for all of you. A plan of hope. A plan of adventure. A plan of such extraordinary magnitude as to take the breath, and challenge the senses, of all who would consider it. A plan to bind our common people in hope, and finally free our conscience for noble purpose.

I propose that in the next three decades we at last end the scourge of human disease upon this Earth, and begin the inevitable adventure of humanity's migration beyond it.

We shall at last unlock the fundamental secrets of our biology so we may conquer any illness or defect at will, and we shall free ourselves from the bonds of our native home so we may evade global calamities, and begin the expansion of our species beyond this world.

No longer shall our survival be dependent upon the random and dispassionate forces of nature. No longer shall we quiver in anguish as we helplessly watch those we love suffer and die in agony from an endless list of human disease and dysfunction. No longer shall our globe be divided in constant turmoil and conflict while the hammer of fate hangs precariously balanced over all we know and love.

We shall at last take control of our future, our fate, and ourselves.

No other endeavor ever attempted by humankind will require more genius, dedication, compassion, and sacrifice.

And no other endeavor ever attempted by humankind will be more vital to the continued existence of our species.

I understand that for many this may initially seem like pure science fiction. This is to be expected since the scales of the threats we face reside within the scope of what we have always considered to be science fiction. However, in reality, all of these goals are well within our technological reach. They are the quickest, and I believe only, way for our species to battle both the physical and societal threats that will continue to confront us."
SearingTruth, A Future of the Brave, 2005

@WarnerCrocker

Most every day I must weep for humanity fellow citizen Warner Crocker.
ST

"Age is defined by the tragedies we witness."
SearingTruth

@WarnerCrocker

"Have you ever wondered how good was so easily destroyed by evil in the past?

And thought to yourselves how ignorant and unaware those people must have been?

Well, look around.

Because the past is upon you."
SearingTruth

"I cry silently, because as a child I had to be very quiet."
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@knittingknots2

"Health care should cost nothing, for anyone, ever.

Just pretend it's a war.

But instead of sending our children to die, we're sending them to live."
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@mattsheffield @atrupar

"Democracies are lost because the people that live within them, given enough time, forget how precious they are, and forsake the foundations upon which they stand."
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